Places
36 places found.
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- Cardiff, South Glamorgan
- Barry, South Glamorgan
- Penarth, South Glamorgan
- Rhoose, South Glamorgan
- St Athan, South Glamorgan
- Cowbridge, South Glamorgan
- South Molton, Devon
- Llantwit Major, South Glamorgan
- Chipping Sodbury, Avon
- South Chingford, Greater London
- South Shields, Tyne and Wear
- Ayr, Strathclyde
- St Donat's, South Glamorgan
- Llanblethian, South Glamorgan
- Thornbury, Avon
- Llandough, South Glamorgan
- Fonmon, South Glamorgan
- St Nicholas, South Glamorgan
- Jarrow, Tyne and Wear
- Penmark, South Glamorgan
- Font-y-gary, South Glamorgan
- Maybole, Strathclyde
- Yate, Avon
- Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Torquay, Devon
- Newquay, Cornwall
- Salisbury, Wiltshire
- Bournemouth, Dorset
- St Ives, Cornwall
- Falmouth, Cornwall
- Guildford, Surrey
- Bath, Avon
- Looe, Cornwall
- Reigate, Surrey
- Minehead, Somerset
- Bude, Cornwall
Photos
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Maps
2,499 maps found.
Books
23 books found. Showing results 1,561 to 23.
Memories
1,578 memories found. Showing results 651 to 660.
Osterley Park
In 1930 I was born at Northumberland Avenue, Isleworth: parallel to the Great West Road and behind St Francis Church. As Osterley Park was so near I used to play, with my chums, frequently in the grounds of the park. We had many ...Read more
A memory of Osterley in 1945 by
The Co Op In Conway Street Corner Of Cathcart Street
My first job when I left school (St Hughes, Park Road South) at 15 was in this shop. I was there for 3 years, until I left for bigger money at Levers. The manager was Jack Francis, a decent ...Read more
A memory of Birkenhead in 1961 by
1932 1973
I feel a bit of a gatecrasher here, as I've been living in Suffolk since 1973! Basically though, even though I'm a wrinkly/pensioner, I'm a South Suburban Surrey Boy, through and through! Born 1932 in 144 Garendon Road, our postal ...Read more
A memory of Morden by
Scackleton C Of E School
Mine is not so much my memory as an account of the doings/correspondance relating to Scackleton School from Sept 17th 1928 to the early 1930s. I picked up this school log book in a junk shop 30 years ago and it's just ...Read more
A memory of Scackleton
Memories And The Tunnel
I remember the loyalty to family and friends who worked at the pit. My grandfathers (Frickley) did, my father was a fitter and turner there at South Kirkby colliery. I miss the place. I remember digging a hole with my ...Read more
A memory of South Kirkby in 1969 by
Schooldays And Teens
Lowfield Heath School. 21 pupils. Head Teacher, Miss Ryde, and assistant Miss Ivy Walder. Miss Walder later married Bob Riley. Where are some other pupils now? I remember Margaret Dudman, David Slaughter, Barbara ...Read more
A memory of Lowfield Heath in 1946 by
Tracing Any Descendents Of Sarah And David Davies
I've just recently started to build my family tree and my family on my maternal side comes from Garnant, South Wales. My mother's name was Olive Nora Dicks, she was born in Garnant in 1924, she had ...Read more
A memory of Garnant by
Parc Slip Explosion And My Memories Of Aberkenfig
Parc Slip Exposion – 26th August 1892 and-My memories of home life and school On the morning of Friday the 26th August 1892 an explosion occurred at Parc Slip Colliery, The Fountain, ...Read more
A memory of Aberkenfig in 1890 by
A Long Time Ago
My father Leonard Alfred Passfield was born in South Ockendon, in 1916 to Fred Passfield and Emily Jane who lived in North Street. Many are the stories he told me of his early life in South Ockendon. He had three brothers, ...Read more
A memory of South Ockendon in 1910 by
The Stables
As a young arrogant doctor with an imposing E-Type Jaguar, I was privileged to live at the stables with assorted collegues. One a gynaecologist, now in Cape Town, one a London based psychiatrist of vivid eccentricity and one more, ...Read more
A memory of Wheatfield by
Captions
2,476 captions found. Showing results 1,561 to 1,584.
The design of this huge, ancient giant, on the South Downs near Eastbourne, is cleverly elongated vertically to counteract the effect of foreshortening when viewed from below the hillside.
This view looks south to the old Town Hall, the building in the centre in the distance. The street is thronged with farmers and their families.
Crickhowell Castle lies 12 miles south-east of Brecon. The original stronghold was a timber motte and bailey, and belonged to the de Turberville family.
In South Street, Shodfriars Hall is an echo of the four friaries established in the medieval town.
The river to the east of the church has been widened and landscaped, and bridges built to the north and south of the Churchyard.
Looking south just outside the centre of St Austell we see one of I K Brunel's timber viaducts on stone piers built in 1858 for the new Cornwall Railway.
This is taken from the north end of the Green, looking south towards Hall Street, showing the wide expanse of the Green, where fairs are still held.
Situated 4.5 miles south of Birmingham, Bournville was chosen by George Cadbury in 1879 as the site for his new factory and for a model village for his workers.
This sizeable hamlet on the Downs south of Harting has no church, but boasts some attractive flint cottages and fine scenery.There is plenty of history here: Bow Hill was a great Stone Age centre
Lancaster is on the edge of the Lake District, and an important point on routes both north and south.
The south face was undergoing repair work at this time. Pollution, mainly from the smoke from the railways, did a lot of damage to both glass and stone.
Now merged with Dorking, North Holmwood is one of three small villages along the west side of the large and mostly wooded Holmwood Common - the other two villages are Mid Holmwood and South
Some parts of the south-east wing go back to the 14th century, and the clock over the entrance has been marking the passing of time for about 350 years.
The main line railway station is to the south of the village centre.
We are looking south-eastwards from the carriageway; the next-door neighbours are St Anne's at No 6 (left) and Shamien House at No 8 (right).
The direction is south-east, and municipal buildings occupy the centre ground. Centre left is the combined police and fire station in Tower Street, referred to earlier. Note the six-storey tower.
This view is taken from the steps up to the sea wall behind the dunes, and looks across the small resort of Sandilands, just south of Sutton on Sea.
The Roman Catholic church was designed by the famous architect Welby Pugin, and other places of worship were Holy Trinity at South Shore and Christ Church.
A young boy pushes a handcart towards the camera on this street running south towards the church of St Peter, as two elegantly hatted ladies drive their pony and trap past a sunbathing dog on the pavement
South of Redhill, east of the A23 Brighton Road and west of the M23 motorway, Salfords has avoided much of the development that has affected less isolated parts of this area.
Now further down Bridge Street, Frith's photographer was looking south uphill past the Newcastle Street crossroads.
We are looking south towards the church of St Giles, which dates from the early 13th century; the war memorial stands behind aptly named Dunkirk Avenue on the left.
In medieval times, the Mowdens and the surrounding district were all part of Clun Forest, and subject to Forest Law in much the same way as the New Forest in the south of England.
Nowadays, new estates or developments have streets named according to some irrelevant theme - anything from Cumbrian lakes to South American countries.
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